diff --git a/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/CompatibleNameAlgorithm.java b/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/CompatibleNameAlgorithm.java
index 1fcf0e1..eb8b290 100755
--- a/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/CompatibleNameAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/CompatibleNameAlgorithm.java
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ public List<Collection<Row>> run() {
 		return classes;
 	}
 
+	public String toString() {
+	    return "Compatible names algorithm with min. token overlap: " + minTokenOverlap + " ignore token frequency: " + ignoreTokenFrequency + ", " + ignoredTokens.size() + " ignored tokens (" + Util.join (ignoredTokens, " ") + ")";
+    }
+
 	public static void main (String args[]) {
 	    /*
 	    CompatibleNameAlgorithm alg = new CompatibleNameAlgorithm();
diff --git a/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/EditDistanceMergeAlgorithm.java b/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/EditDistanceMergeAlgorithm.java
index 1e38abb..bc05445 100644
--- a/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/EditDistanceMergeAlgorithm.java
+++ b/src/in/edu/ashoka/surf/EditDistanceMergeAlgorithm.java
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ public List<Collection<Row>> run() {
         return classes;
     }
 
-    public String toString() { return "Edit distance " + editDistance; }
+    public String toString() { return "Edit distance algorithm with maximum edit distance" + editDistance; }
 }
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